Don't forget to make an introduction thread!

[hookbill]

This is nowhere ready to compete with a windows mobile pro phone. Not even close. Typical hype.. it is a threat to an iphone but lets get real. Two days with it and I am still thinking of cancelling my vzw account.

Well, you are entitled to your opinion, but we have a lot of former windows mobile people who would disagree. Your argument for the cursor quite honestly has no merit. It's easy to place the cursor where you want it.

Droid isn't for everyone. Apparently it's not your cup of tea.

 

[Graymayre]

My DROID and me...

I had always been the frugal type, to avoid indulgences that would cost me more money. I had done well so far, and as far as my phone went, I was perfectly content with a basic T9 text clamshell phone. My first was the notorious Kyocera Soho, being broke and just out of Basic and AIT. My last was a Moto VE20. I was getting frustrated on a regular basis with that phone and the KRZR i had right before it because they didnt work right, and the battery life would last me til lunch at the unit. I decided to say %^&* it and step up, making a move and getting that Droid that had been taunting me this whole time where I had committed to never get a smart phone. I had tethering, so my internet was mobile already and fast enough for me, so why? Well I did it one day and I will never regret the decision. At first I was reluctant because I needed a phone to tether to my computer for internet, and at the time the Droid wasn't capable of it, to say that Verizon didn't have their own support for it. Well, when I learned that in fact I COULD with an app called PDANet, and on top of that I wouldn't have to pay for it either!!!!!!! I was sold, I got the $30 tether charge taken off and replaced it with the penny cheaper $29.99 data charge, and everything cost the same pretty much. And now I don't even need my computer anymore because I do it all on my Droid. EVEN checking my military AKO email! The idea was just crazy considering all the security complications. It turned out that it worked almost just like Outlook, so it was easy. I set it up IMAP (since it is just a phone and subject to being destroyed like one, I didn't need the only copy of my emails to be on it like setting it up POP3 would do), and away it went.

I have pretty much my whole life routed through this little thing, and other than many ForceClose issues with messaging, I am happy.



BTW, IF ANYONE can help me with my constant Force Close issues with my messaging, I would greatly appreciate an email to me at [email protected]

Having to restart my phone in the middle of a convo with my fiance right when it is getting good is a bit of a.......well u know, very sukky thing.

 

[jackson]

Hello droid world!!

well a little about me? ummm i joined this site cuz it seems im on it quite a bit to search everything so i figured it was time to just join up. I find this forums very helpful and just downlaoed the launcher2.apk for my droid and man is it way smoother than any other home screen thing ive been lookin for becuz i hate that panda crap and home++ so yup thats about it for me! heres to the droids! and man i hope we get the REAL 2.1 soon!

 

[docmorbid]

Hello everyone , the Driod is my first smartphone upgraded from the LG voyager . Looking to learn more about the Driod.

joe

 

[Hamada]

Hi, My name is Hamada and I just purchased my first smartphone Nexus 1 and I am learning as much as possible, to catch up with my teen kids on technology.

 

[tammy7287]

Hello,

Tammy here. I am new to the Droid world. Just got mine last Saturday and so far I'm loving it. Previous cell was WM 6.1 and many times felt like throwing it out the window while driving down the freeway. So far so good on the Droid.

 

[CT_droidstatus]

name is ct, had my moto droid for about 3 months and love it! i am looking into getting it rooted but dont want to brick my phone...I am interested in all its possibilities!!

 

[njddave]

Hi, I'm expecting my new motorola droid tomorrow. I'm currently using a Blackberry Storm for about a year, my first smart phone. I don't know how I lived without mobile email & web access before that. I don't have the need for BB's business level security, never really understood the difference anyway. I'm a small business owner, service related, so being in touch with my email and customers is very beneficial. The BB opened up a hole new world for me, but as I used it, I found limitations. The keyboard was very hard to use all cramped up, I got big fingers. & I have no patience for the slow web connections. The camera was crappy too hard to take a decent pic. I went to a verizon store to play with a droid, and the keyboards seem to be much more user friendly, I could actually type without going back and forth correcting every other word. the camera takes a nice pic, and a quick reset too. I was amazed at the voice search, Amazing!! and the quick connection was much better than I'm used too. my current one is mostly unusable. I use google for almost everything anyway, so it should be a easy turnover. An ex employee of mine had one, so I'm somewhat familiar with the phone and some apps. Looking forward to playing with my new toy, and getting it set up!!

 

[egfancyrider60]

Greetings everyone. My name is Ernie and I joined a few weeks ago. Sorry it's taken me so long to post. I've had my Droid going on 3 weeks now and just love it. Every day I'm finding new things that this device can do. I just took it across country on business last week and left my laptop home. I didn't miss my laptop much and the GPS turn by turn directions saved me more than once. I look forward to more posts and learning more things I can do with my Droid.

 

[Rob Robertson]

High folks, I'm new here also. I just got my Droid this week and I have got the gmail contacts and calendar working after some very stressing problems with outlook and sync. Finally just deleted all the contacts in Gmail and reentered them then sync'd and things are ok now. I hoping to find out how to sync gmail documents with the droid as I need some word documents to carry around on my Droid. So far I'm really please with the phone.

 

[pkkyles]

question

Hey guys I'm new to this sight but I have a problem I rooted my phone and running 2.0.4 and somehow my google maps have gotten deleted and I can't redownload it in my market and since that is deleted my car dock won't work which I use frequently anybody know how to get that put back on my phone?

 

[revingup]

Ne to the forums with a Motorola Droid. Think I know how to use it but I'm sure I can learn more from all of the people here.

 

[pkkyles]

Doing a factory reset and reloading thwe program off of my sd card work?

 

[Cactus]

New to the Droid world and eager to learn more!

 

[djenks24]

New Droid User

Just got my Droid about a week ago. Love it so far, wish the email and contacts were a little more business oriented as far as searches go but so far have been able to get it to do what I need plus all the other awesome stuff it does. Am looking forward to learning more about it.